Due next month

So September has finally arrived and now I can say I am "due" next month.
It has certainly seemed like an eternity, but now, things continue to speed up, and the realization that being "mom" is just a few weeks away is really starting to settle in.
I know I am going to be so tired and frustrated and overwhelmed I will want to give up by day 2, but as I was telling Mr. W today, even though I can say "I am tired of being pregnant" all day long, there is no reprieve from being "mom". It is what it is. In a month or so, I will head off to the hospital, shoot out a baby, and they will just pack him up and send him home with me.
Sadly, the pet adoption process is more rigorously supervised than new parenting, from what I can tell.

Today I had a very interesting moment, as probably all new moms do at some point. I was finished with work, and after having eaten some tacos with the urgency of someone who hadn't seen food in days, I found myself sitting and folding tiny clothes and putting them into a drawer, in a room that is empty and waiting to be filled with an owner. It was a very strange feeling. I was putting clothes away for my baby who isn't here, yet. It was nesting, but at the same time, it was scary, because it makes you feel like you are all too sure that everything is OK and will go as planned.

Of course, I have to do these things and get them taken care of while I can still get around, so I am trying to be productive, even if just a little bit at a time. Probably in the coming days the kitchen floor will be scrubbed, and the bathroom and all the deep cleaning will be on the chore list so that by the time I can't walk, I will only need to stand long enough to wipe some things down.

Mrs. W is getting tired and the baby knows it. Just so long as he waits until October to show up. I really want him to have an October birthday. I really wish my birthday was in October. It is in crummy, snowy, January. I also have a lot to do here in September, so he needs to just sit tight until then. One of those things is take a nap. That is something I should do right now. I could do baby stuff, but I don't think I will. There will be plenty of time for that in a month.